Pilgrims sans permit, facilitators face heavy fines, imprisonment
The Ministry of Interior has announced that heavy penalties await pilgrims who try to perform Haj next month without the necessary permits.
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‘No Saudi is involved in Bahrain terror cases’
A Saudi diplomat has said that there are no Saudis among those accused in terror cases through the use of the Internet in Bahrain...
Tumbling oil triggers Tadawul panic selling
Panic selling again gripped Saudi stock market on Wednesday due to weak oil prices, causing the Tadawul All-Share Index to plunge below 8,000 points.
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74 arrested for Asir bombing in 2 weeks
Within two weeks, 74 arrests — 64 Saudis, 10 foreigners — have been made across the Kingdom for the bombing of the Emergency Forces...
King, deputy send condolences to China blast victims
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Vice Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Prince Mohammed bin Naif have sent telegrams of...
Reporters not allowed inside polling stations
Journalists would not be allowed inside polling stations and can only interview candidates and voters outside for the Dec. 12 municipal council elections.
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No cause for alarm over MERS outbreak!
There is no cause for alarm over the latest outbreak of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus in Riyadh, despite six deaths...
Seventy years after WWII, conflicts continue to rile the globe
Seventy years after the allies defeated the last member of the “axis of evil,” bringing the Second World War to an end, a string...
Saudi executes Yemeni for killing officer
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday executed a Yemeni convicted of shooting dead a security officer who was trying to arrest him in the southern Jazan...
Daesh beheads elderly ex-antiquities chief in Syria’s Palmyra
BEIRUT: The DAESH (Islamic State) group has beheaded the 82-year-old retired chief archaeologist of Palmyra, who refused to leave the ancient city when the...
